Republic Services Earnings Surpass Estimates in Q2, Revenues Miss
Republic Services, Inc. RSG reported mixed second-quarter 2025 results. Earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate, while revenues missed the same.
RSG’s earnings per share (EPS) of $1.77 beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.1% and gained 9.9% from the year-ago quarter. Revenues of $4.2 billion missed the consensus mark by a slight margin but increased 4.6% year over year.
The RSG stock has risen 22.3% in the year-to-date period, outperforming the 9.9% rally of the industry it belongs to and 8.2% growth of the Zacks S&P 500 Composite.
Republic Services, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Republic Services’ Q2 Segmental Revenues
Revenues from Collection totaled $2.8 billion, increasing 3.6% from the year-ago quarter, missing our estimate of $2.9 billion. Environmental Solutions' revenues (net) of $462 million declined 2.3% year over year, missing our projected $492 million.
Revenues (net) in the Transfer and Landfill segments were $221 million and $516 million, increasing 6.3% and 17.3% on a year-over-year basis, respectively. Revenues of the Transfer and Landfill segments surpassed our expectations of $213.5 million and $462.7 million, respectively.
The Other segment’s revenues of $214 million grew 4.9% from the year-ago quarter’s actual and surpassed our expectation of $212.7 million.
Operating Results of RSG
Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $1.4 billion, increasing 8.2% from the year-ago quarter, beating our estimate of $1.3 billion. The adjusted EBITDA margin was 32.1%, up 100 basis points from the year-ago quarter, surpassing our estimation of 31.4%.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow of RSG
Republic Services exited the second quarter of 2025 with cash and cash equivalents of $122 million compared with $83 million at the end of the first quarter of 2025. The long-term debt (net of current maturities) was $12.5 billion compared with $12.9 billion at the end of the preceding quarter.
RSG generated $1.1 billion in cash from operating activities in the second quarter of 2025. The adjusted free cash flow was $693 million. Capital expenditure was $423 million.
Republic Services carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) at present. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Republic Services’ 2025 Guidance
For 2025, RSG lowered its revenue expectations to $16.68-$16.75 billion from the preceding quarter’s view of $16.85-$16.95 billion. The guided range is lower than the consensus mark of $16.87 billion.
The company expects the adjusted EPS to be $6.82-$6.90. The mid-point ($6.86) of the guided range is lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.87. The adjusted EBITDA view is $5.28-$5.33 billion.
Earnings Snapshot
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WM’s quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.92 per share surpassed the consensus mark by 1.6% and gained 5.5% year over year. Total revenues of $6.4 billion beat the consensus mark by 1.4% and increased 19% from the year-ago quarter.
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